WP YouTube Lyte

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1. ★★★★★ nichu42

   7mo ago

   Exactly what I needed: Shield visitors from Google’s hungry eyes and only open a connection after getting consent.

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2. ★★★★★ Makabe

   1.3y ago

   The best plugin for loading YouTube image previews, which significantly speeds up the page loading time.

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3. ★★★★★ LunaGraphica

   2.0y ago

   Use YouTube Playlist Player instead

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4. ★★★★★ Bike Gremlin

   2.2y ago

   Easy to use, stable, fast, and does what it says it does. I’ve been using it for about two years now if memory serves me. This topic was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by Bike Gremlin. This topic was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by Bike Gremlin. This topic was modified 11 months, 2 weeks ago by Bike Gremlin. Reason: Fixed upon update - quickly

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5. ★★★★★ hmijail

   2.5y ago

   It’s cool how it does a lot but hides all the complexity. Just great.

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6. ★★★★★ Li-An

   2.5y ago

   Very nice idea and it works well. Thanks a lot.

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7. ★★★★★ johnoros

   2.6y ago

   Hi, This plugin will not make your site gdpr compliant when using youtube videos. simply install add a video to your site and then do a test on cookiebot.com Dissappointing. This topic was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by johnoros.

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8. ★★★★★ myungho

   2.6y ago

   After upgrading to PHP 8.3 I see an Deprecated error message regarding WP YouTube Lyte. Is it possible to look into this issue? Thank you very much. This topic was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by myungho.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.7.30 avoid error logging when both description and title are not set improve shortcode output sanitization to prevent possible Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting as reported by Muhammad Yudha tested with WordPress 7.0 1.7.30
2. — Version 1.7.29 updated “tested up to” string to confirm LYTE is still alive misc. small improvements, see Github log for an overview 1.7.29
3. — Version 1.7.28 add alt attribute to thumbnail image in the noscript tag (hat tip Ov3rfly) fix for bedrock-autoloader compat regression (thx Gerwin) 1.7.28
4. — Version 1.7.27 fix for the _load_textdomain_just_in_time notice fix for youtube URL in text getting replaced if the same URL is already replaced correctly, kudo’s to Nic Jansma! 1.7.27
5. — Version 1.7.26 fix the figcaption regression 1.7.26
6. — Version 1.7.25 fix for regression that saw youtu.be links in WordPress blocks break. 1.7.25

3 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.4 WP YouTube Lyte <= 1.7.29 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via lyte Shortcode ↗
   2026-04-15 CVE-2026-3299 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.7.29 Patched in 1.7.30
2. Medium · 4.7 YouTube Lyte <= 1.7.28 - Open Redirect ↗
   2025-11-14 CVE-2025-66062 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') Affects <= 1.7.28 Patched in 1.7.29
3. Low · 3.8 WP YouTube Lyte <= 1.7.15 - Authenticated (Admin+) Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2021-05-03 CVE-2021-24419 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects < 1.7.16 Patched in 1.7.16

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 67 languages, 13 at 90% or more

Plus 43 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-07-10 30K+ → 20K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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• Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery, Livestream and Lazy Loading with Facades 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• Presto Player 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• D Disable Emojis (GDPR friendly) 60K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
• Advanced WordPress Backgrounds 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• bunny.net – WordPress CDN Plugin 10K+ installs · 3.3★ · 2 shared tags B

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WP YouTube Lyte: 20K+ active installs, 4.8★ (206 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-youtube-lyte